Hair Parlor // Style Round-Up

09/02/2014

Hello my dears!I have some exciting news for you all! Today marks the very first post in my brand new series, Jessica’s Hair Parlor! For the kick off I wanted to let you all in on the action and have the exciting job of determining which style you want to see done first. Goodie! This is all you have to do: post a comment at the bottom and tell me which hair style, of the six shown below, you like best so that I can get the tutorials rolling. That’s it! The majority vote on one style will determine which one will go up first, so choose carefully, and tell me your thoughts! The voted style will be going up two weeks from today, because I have two foundational curling sets I have to show you first in order to do some of the styles below. So, lets begin!

(From left to right) For starters I made up this lovely style last winter called the Braided Pin Curl Updo, and I wore it with this western themed dress. I have already made a tutorial for this style, but I wanted to freshen things up a bit. To the right we have my 1940’s hair style worn with my every day summer dress. This was made with a set of pin curls, so if you choose this one, know that you will be setting your hair the day/night before you actually want to wear it.Right up above is the style I wore for my ‘High-low Here We Go’ COS post just a week ago, and this one also involves a set of overnight pin curls. To the left I have a terribly simple style of three twisty buns all gathered around the back of my head. I wanted to keep things simple to mach the dress I wore for that particular sunday. This is a nice and easy one for any sort of occasion.Now for the last two: They both involve a comfortable night’s sleep of sponge rolled locks. I can go either way with pin curls or sponge rollers, except I can get away with wearing pin curls during the day. Hey, No one wants to be seen with hair full of rainbow colored rollers right? The one on the left is from the Regency Inspired COS, while the one on the right was just an ordinary day kind of style, adorned with the nautical inspired Lilla Rose clip.

Goodie, goodie, goodie! I am just so excited to have this series going up on our blog! I know that you all have been asking about these styles for a long time now, so it feels good to have the freedom to reveal the steps to you all! Just a note: I have done video tutorials of my hair styles in the past, but for some reason or other, I would much rather put up the tutorials using photography. It will mean more writing for me, but I think it would work a little bit better. Why? Well, I feel pretty confident that if we get the right shots, you all will be able to fill in the in-betweens, and do the hair styles correctly. I will be giving you all tips along the way, so you won’t be left with your hair on end! Haha! 😉

Which style do you like the most?

Are you just as excited as I am to walk through this series?

Do you prefer video or photography for these tutorials? (I asked, so say away!)

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Comments

Oh, yay! How exciting. 🙂I think I should like to see the sponge-rolled, regency up-do (style #5) first. They are all lovely, though, and I’m sure everyone will enjoy whichever you do first!

Regarding the photo vs. video, I don’t really have much of a preference. The video can be easier to hear you explain what you are doing, but at the same time, the step-by-step photos make it easier to slow down and follow them when actually doing the hairstyle, vs. having to pause the video periodically to perform the next step. I’m sure either way would work just fine. 🙂

I love the one on the top left, from the western style dress. As I have hair too thick and long (down to the bottoms of my shoulder blades) I can’t do any foam roller styles. It ends up turning into a really crazy, frizzy mess!

I”m going to go with the very first one. It looks like a pretty way to get all the hair off my neck! Plus it would be good when I don’t have time to set my hair in curls (which realistically, is most the time!).

I’m really excited for the tutorials, as our hair is about the same length and I’ve had trouble finding styles I like since cutting it short.

I would vote for second, though they are all lovely! Either photo or video tutorials would be okay – sometimes video is a little more clear on specific steps? But I completely understand how it’s simpler to do pictures and I’m sure Charlotte would do a fabulous job. 🙂 Blessings!

I have to chuckle because my hair is past my waist…but I really like #2 (which I couldn’t do with mine). Now…if you had tutorials on how to do long hair in 40’s styles I would be thrilled… 😀 (I’ve managed a couple of decent ones recently.)

Number 6!! You remind me of a Scottish lassie in that photo. 🙂 I like videos best for some reason. Maybe because you kind of “get to know” that person through watching and hearing them speak. Photography is good if, like you said, the right angles are shot. Video or photography, number 1 or number six, can’t wait for your videos!

I’d love for you to do the third hairstyle first! (The middle pair of pictures, and the left hairstyle.) I’m excited because I always love to see what you do with your hair, and am personally of the opinion that hairstyles should be treated as much of a fashion accessory as a necklace or scarf 😉

I would like to see hairstyle #6 first–the one in which you are wearing the nautical pin, or style #2, the 1940s one.

And I think that a photo tutorial would be wonderful. Originally, I might have thought that a video tutorial was better, but sometimes the stylist is so confident that they can move too quickly and it’s actually more confusing–whereas recently, for the first time, I read a carefully-crafted photo tutorial, and there was actually more detail than in many videos I had seen. 🙂

Ooh! I’m so excited, hair is my favorite thing about vintage fashion! 😀 All of them are lovely, but I have to say that as a big fan of pin curls, 2nd is my fav. 😉 It’s just like Jenny in Call The Midwife.

Adooooooorable. I second Petra on photo tutorials. Videos are fun and all, but I don’t want to try to watch them if I’m actually in the process of doing my hair in the morning! I don’t know which one to pick, only that I’m sure none of them would look half as adorable on my hair.

Hi Jessica!I wanted to make sure that I cast my vote for this wonderful new endeavor of yours before it was too late! I would happily check the small square box for your 1940’s hair do from your summer dress outfit first. I will love seeing your technique for pin curling!

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